Rayan Cherki has undoubtedly crossed a level this season. If he has always been capable of the greatest feat on the foot, the Lyon midfielder struggled to be constant and displayed disturbing slag in his game. Two big faults that the international hopes largely erased.
Best Ligue 1 passer this season, Rayan Cherki has also had the recognition of his pairs by being retained in the eleven-type of the season in Ligue 1 alongside Lucas Chevalier and nine Parisian players. And observers are increasingly raised on this subject.
Requested by The teamThierry Henry, who had him under his orders when he officiated at the head of the hopes, said all the good he thought of his former player. “We didn't give him anything, he got out of it, and that too is the strength of a big one, he said. Everyone knows what they can do. And this season, he has shown that he also knew how to do what is expected of him without the ball, that is to say to adapt to a system. »»
Thierry sometimes had to be hard with Rayan Cherki
“His problem is that he had never been able to chain the matches to show the extraordinary player that he ishe continued. But to continue, he had to do things, on a defensive level, over the duration of a match. This season, he did it, so he went on. I appreciate this little one too much … It's just that in certain times, you had to be hard, like a father with his son. »»
Now, Thierry Henry sees things as big for Rayan Cherki, who could also receive this Wednesday his first invitation to the French team in order to compete in the Final Four of the League of Nations. “For me, we are talking about a guy who should have been fighting with others for a long time, at the top, to find out who is the best. He has been late, because he took a long time to understand … But there he understood ”,
he explained.
